Kathleen Turner

Newtown residents joined thousands of marchers who rallied in the U.S. capital in favor of gun control on Saturday, including residents of Newtown, Conn., where a mass elementary school shooting reignited the U.S. gun violence debate. The protest, sparked by the shootings of 20 first-graders and 6 adults at the Sandy Hook Elementary School on Dec. 14, came a week after gun rights supporters held rallies across the United States to oppose firearms control. Speakers — including Education Secretary Arne Duncan, lawmakers and actors — urged the protesters carrying such signs as "What Would Jesus Pack?" to lobby Congress and state legislators to back gun control...

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